Sportscaster Fred Kalil Joining WGCL Atlanta
Meredith-owned CBS affiliate WGCL Atlanta (DMA 9) announced Tueesday that veteran Atlanta sportscaster Fred Kalil has been named sports anchor at the station. Kalil begins his new assignment on March 23.
Kalil joins WGCL from WXIA Atlanta where he’s been for the last 22 years. While there he received 12 Southeastern Regional Emmy Awards and six of them were for Best Sportscaster. He also was awarded seven Gabby Awards and two Associated Press (AP) Sportscaster of the Year awards.
Prior to coming to Atlanta, he was the sports director at WISH Indianapolis.
Kalil has also held sports reporting positions in Phoenix and Cincinnati and got his start in Huntington, W.Va.
Kalil is a graduate of Indiana University where he was a walk-on football player under Lee Corso.
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